{"id":38224,"date":"2018-11-22T17:38:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T22:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=38224"},"modified":"2018-11-22T17:38:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T22:38:04","slug":"pittsburgh-penguins-matt-murray-placed-on-injury-reserve-with-lower-body-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/11\/22\/pittsburgh-penguins-matt-murray-placed-on-injury-reserve-with-lower-body-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Murray placed on injury reserve with lower-body injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> goaltender <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrama02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Murray<\/a><\/strong> has been placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, the team announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh coach<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sullimi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Sullivan<\/a><\/strong> says he will be out \u201clonger-term\u201d with the injury.<\/p>\n<h1>Penguins Matt Murray placed on injury reserve with a lower-body injury<\/h1>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Pens<\/a> HCMS: Matt Murray is going to be out \u201clonger-term\u201d with a lower-body injury. Been dealing with this for the last couple of weeks. Evaluated this morning by team doctors. \u201cThis was not something that we expected\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Getzoff (@PensJG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PensJG\/status\/1065672298835914752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Penguins recalled AHL goalie <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jarrytr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tristan Jarry<\/a><\/strong> from the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins on an emergency basis to\u00a0fill in for Murray.<\/p>\n<p>Murray, who has had his struggles as the Penguins number one goalie this season. Murray has a 4-5-1 record in 11 starts with a .877 save percentage a 4.08 goals-against average.<\/p>\n<p>Jarry played 26 games with Pittsburgh last season, going 14-6-2 and leading all NHL rookie goalies in wins. He has a career save percentage of .907 and a 2.78 GAA in 27 NHL appearances.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old has a 4-5-2 record, 2.89 GAA and a .909 in 11 games with the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins this season, and also scored a goal in a game earlier this month.<\/p>\n<h2>Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>It is never easy for a team to lose their\u00a0number one goalie, even if he was underperforming. Pittsburgh now has the challenge\u00a0of trying to win without Murray. With the past recent shakeups, Pittsburgh has little-to-no room for error. The trick for the team will be to score goals and hope that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/desmica01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Casey DeSmith<\/a> <\/strong>and Jarry can hold their own while Murray\u00a0recovers.<\/p>\n<p>With Pittsburgh being seventh in the Metropolitan\u00a0Divison, the team&#8217;s playoff hopes seem to get slimmer and slimmer as time goes on. The next little while will test truly how good of a team Pittsburgh is in times of trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"aY5IBqNDR8NHouOe6XDM-w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1063119330\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'aY5IBqNDR8NHouOe6XDM-w',sig:'Ca7VZptpRSZVUuUnDVCcie_Yi5FQOSGqfzVor4S7T5U=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1063119330',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray has been placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, the team announced on Thursday. Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan says he will be out \u201clonger-term\u201d with the injury. 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